Final week, DC Comics teased out some extra particulars about its upcoming Absolute comics, which purpose to reintroduce traditional DC characters with new, up to date origins and contexts. Whereas it’s canonically obtained one thing to do with Darkseid, the massive draw is the brand new seems to be for Batman (beefy!), Superman (lengthy hair!), and Marvel Lady (sword!).
It was the Darkish Knight that raised probably the most eyebrows since as a rule, Bruce has a slimmer construct than the gargantuan mammoth of Absolute Batman. Throughout right now’s panel at San Diego Comedian-Con, Snyder shared some new particulars on his and Nick Dragotta’s Absolute Batman comedian due out in October. If you happen to’re a measurement particular person, Snyder revealed that this model of Bruce is 6’2, 250-pound 20-something taking a stab at crimefighting. And as an alternative of pretending to be a wealthy socialite, he’ll be a metropolis engineer for Gotham. Additionally a French bulldog proprietor!
Snyder wasn’t kidding when he referred to as this a “prime to backside reinvention” of the character. Whereas mild on plot particulars, he additional revealed the guide’s chief villain (at the very least for now) can be Black Masks, and Alfred Pennyworth would be the guide’s POV character. Whereas nonetheless outdated, this Alfred (or reasonably, “Penny”) is totally not, and by no means has been, a butler. As a substitute he’s a former MI-6 spy and “outdated guard of empire” who’s not so drained that he can’t companion with Batman out within the subject.
After Snyder, Jason Aaron spoke about his and Rafa Sandoval’s Absolute Superman. After being approached by Snyder to leap over to DC from Marvel, Aaron determined that he “actually needed” to do the Man of Metal and cooked up a brand new tackle the character. He assured that his objective wasn’t to vary the hero’s core, however to “have a look at [his] unique ideas and ask what he’d be like if created right now.” This new Superman lacks his traditional help system of the Kent household, the Fortress of Solitude, and he’s mainly homeless. To Aaron, the Absolute universe’s large draw is the Trinity being so remoted from one another. “Issues didn’t work out the way in which they have been imagined to,” he stated. “That’s left Superman a little bit bit remoted, a little bit bit indignant…and kinda horny, in the event you ask me.”
Lastly, Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman’s Absolute Marvel Lady will see Diana as “the final Amazon and the primary superhero,” stated Sherman. Of the trio, she’s obtained probably the most fascinating look along with her arm tattoos and big-ass sword. Along with being a warrior, she’s additionally a witch actually raised in hell who’s “armed to the enamel. […] She is hearth beneath.” If that weren’t metallic sufficient, her black skeletal horse with wings might seal the deal. The cope with this Diana and what conflicts she’ll be going through are nonetheless at the moment underneath wraps.
Together with the Trinity, there’s additionally a fourth Absolute guide on the way in which. Come early 2025, Jeff Lemire and Nick Robles will introduce Absolute Flash into the world, although the panel didn’t provide any particulars past its existence:
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